Maurice Braun (1877–1941) was an American artist who became known for his

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landscapes of

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. He was born in Hungary on October 1, 1877; however, by the age of four, young Maurice and the Braun family had migrated to United States, and settled in

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. His professional studies took him to the

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, where he studied the French tradition under Francis C. Jones,

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and Edgar M. Ward. In 1901 Braun trained under the American painter

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. He established himself as a figure and portrait painter in New York City, but in 1909 he left for

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. Maurice Braun died in

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, California, on November 7, 1941.

Awards

*Hallgarten Prize,

, 1900 *Gold Medal, Panama-California Exposition, San Diego, 1915–16

Memberships

*Salmagundi Club *Laguna Beach Art Association *San Diego Fine Arts Association

Galleries and Public Collections

Steven Stern Fine Arts, Beverly Hills, CA
*Maurice Braun Gallery, California *Houston Museum, Texas
Laguna Art Museum, CaliforniaIrvine Museum, Irvine, CaliforniaLos Angeles County Museum of ArtSan Diego History Center
*San Diego Museum of Art *The Redfern Gallery Laguna Beach, CA *

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* K. Nathan Gallerybr>
La Jolla, California *Art Museum of Greater Lafayette

References

*Literature: ''Second Nature, Four Early San Diego Landscape Painters'' by Milton E. Peterson, 1991; *Literature: ''Artists in California, 1786-1940'', by Edan Milton Hughes, 1989; *Literature: ''Plein Air Painters of the Southland'', by Ruth Lily Westphal, 1996.

External links

''Paintings by Maurice Braun''
an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF)
Works by Maurice Braun
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